79R203 RCJ-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 2670



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to service retirement benefits for certain peace officers.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 814.107, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  A member who has at least 25 years of service credit as a 
law enforcement or custodial officer is eligible to retire 
regardless of age and receive a full service retirement annuity 
equal to the amount available to a member who retires under this 
section at the earlier of the age of 50 with at least 20 years of 
service credit or the age at which the sum of the member's age and 
amount of service credit in the employee class equals the number 80.  
Benefits for service described by this subsection are payable from 
the trust fund established by Section 815.310.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a law enforcement or 
custodial officer who retires on or after the effective date of this 
Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.